My Friday Fiction Feature for this week is The Greatest of Enemies by B R Maycock – over to you, Berni!
When writing the first book of The Abbeyglen series (or as
the people from 'Friends' would put it: "The One With The Lottery
Winner(!)'), I came across a character named Bex. Now you might ask how a
writer comes across (exaggerates inverted commas with fingers or to put it more
visually splays fingers in vertical crab claws) a character, but actually,
very often one just arrives on set mid scene and you write what they tell you
to and then you have to stop and figure them out (what's their birthday,
favourite colour, and my personal favourite, if your character was stuck in a
lift, how would they react?).
So, Bex landed and I absolutely had to do a book with
her. She was vibrant, to the point and so funny and I craved getting onto her
story (another part of being a writer is always wanting to work on the next
book!). But there was also the mystery of Louise, Louise, Lottery winner
Holly's best friend, who was suddenly uncontactable (none of these are really
spoilers as they don't impact the book). Louise did finally arrive back, but we
were suddenly confronted with someone who was not the person Holly led us to
believe or maybe thought she was, but more a person who was not in the best
possible place and was home purely for Holly, and before I knew it, bam,
Louise and Bex are buzzer to face and neither are too happy with the other
(although one does try, you can guess who!)
Set
within the cosy town of Abbeyglen (a town famous only locally for having
cobblestones that tripped up some of the enemy in the Irish Civil war), and
with a range of characters of all ages and sensibilities, hopefully you'll want
to head to Abbeyglen to check all the drama out!
About the book
Light the blue touch paper and stand back. Fireworks are
about to go off!
Bex has settled into her new life in the small town of
Abbyglen. Setting up a new cafe, blogging and her day job keeps her busy and
happy.
Louise is ready to return to the comfort of Abbeyglen. Okay,
so it isn't her favourite place to be, but once she can talk the problems of
the last few years over with best friend Holly, she can begin to move forward.
But when Louise arrives on the scene and instead finds an
unwanted stranger in friend Holly's apartment it's handbags at dawn — and all
the hours in between — as Bex and Louise cross swords. Who will win? Let the
battle commence …
Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Christie Barlow and
Rosie Green.
Purchase link for The
Greatest of Enemies: https://amzn.to/2ZwQ99Q
Or, to go back to the start, Pushing Her Luck book 1: https://amzn.to/2YVcIpu
When B R Maycock (Berni to all you lovely people!) isn’t
dreaming up vibrant leads for romantic comedies, she’s ingesting books for her
blog, in particular chick lit (her first love!) books, romantic comedies and
thrillers. She can also be found playing footie or watching Marvel, DC or Star
Wars movies and cartoons in Co. Westmeath, Ireland with her brilliantly out
there husband, Keith, and their four epic little men.
Her debut ‘It Started With A Snub’ and Christmas romantic
comedy ‘Snowday’ are available now on Amazon, as is Pushing Her Luck, the first of a series about AbbeyGlen town, whose
luck is about to change …
She has one goal and that’s simply to make readers smile
and/ or laugh (a splutter rates highest;)).
Social Media Links
BR Maycock’s book Blog: https://brmaycock.wordpress.com
Twitter @BRMaycock: https://twitter.com/brmaycock?lang=en
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/b-r-maycock
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brmaycock/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BRMaycockWriter/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14023632.B_R_Maycock
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